Hamden implements tougher recycling ordinance

Published
8:00 pm EDT, Tuesday, September 27, 2011

HAMDEN - Mayor Scott D. Jackson is pleased to announce the approval and implementation of a new and more stringent recycling ordinance. The new ordinance replaces the one in place since 1994, bringing Hamden’s regulations into full compliance with current state law and adds an enforcement method to increase recycling and save money.

The ordinance requires every resident to separate recycling from refuse or face enforcement action from the Town. First, a warning will be provided for the first violation, followed by a $50 fine for the second and a $100 fine for every violation thereafter. An appeal process was also put in place by this ordinance. The intent is not to make money off of fining residents, but to bring residents not participating into compliance. Recycling saves the Town several hundred thousand dollars each year.

“Making recycling the normal habit of every household and business is not only the environmentally conscious thing to do, but it will save the Town significant money. We pay almost $90 a ton to get rid of our garbage, but there is no disposal cost associated with recyclable materials, and in some cases you can get revenue from it. This is one of the many ways we can keep taxes stable if the entire Town participates,” said Mayor Jackson.

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For more information on the Town’s Recycling Program or this Ordinance, please contact Pam Roach, Recycling Coordinator at 203-287-7021.

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